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the latter series ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish brown ; 

 quills blackish brown, the primaries edged with yellow, more broadly 

 at the base, the secondaries yellow at the base, and again margined 

 with pale yellow or yellowish white near the end of the feather ; 

 upper tail-coverts dusky brown, with blackish centres and ashy 

 margins ; centre tail-feathers blackish brown, yellowish at base, the 

 remainder with the basal two thirds of the inner web yellow, in- 

 creasing towards the outer feather ; crown of head like the back, 

 and similarly streaked ; lores and feathers over the eye hoary 

 whitish, with minute dusky streaks ; feathers below the eye whitish ; 

 ear-coverts uniform brown ; sides of neck hoary whitish, streaked 

 with black ; cheeks and under surface of body dull white, tinged 

 with brown on the fore neck, and broadly streaked with blackish 

 brown ; lower abdomen white ; thighs white ; under tail-coverts 

 white, with blackish centres to the feathers ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, washed with yellow ; quills below dusky, 

 edged with ashy yellowish, and brighter yellow towards the base ; 

 " bill light yellowish brown, dusky at the tip : feet purplish brown ; 

 iris brown " (Audubon). Total length 4-5 inches, culmen - 45, 

 wing 3, tail 1*75, tarsus 055. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but not so strongly streaked 

 below, and with the yellow on the inner web of the tail-teathers less 

 extended. Total length 4-4 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2 - 4, tail 1*8, 

 tarsus 055. 



The winter plumage of the adults only appears to vary slightly 

 from the summer plumage, being a little browner. Young birds are 

 paler and much more lightly streaked, and have a decided yellow 

 tinge on the underparts. 



Hub. North America generally, wintering in Mexico. 



a. Juv. sk. 49th parallel, Aug. 13, 1874 U. S. Boundary Com- 



(G. Daivsoti). mission. 



b,c. <3 Q ad. Vancouver Island, May (A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. Forrer). 



d,e.c$;f,g. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



2 imm. sk. 



h. 2 imm. sk. British Columbia (J. K.Lord). U.S. Boundary Com- 

 mission [P.]. 



i. <$ ad. sk. Shelter Island, New York, Oct. K. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



23, 1882 ( W. W. Worthington). [P.]. 



k. Ad. sk. Nebraska, Sept. 15, 1856 (F V. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hayden ; Sm. no. 5394). 



I. 2 ad. sk. Mount Graham, Arizona, Sept. U. S. Nat. Museum. 



21, 1874 (H. W. Henshaw; 



Sm. no. 72124). 



m. Juv. sk. Camp Grant, Arizona, July 30, U. S. Nat. Museum. 



1874 (H. W. Henshaw ; Sm. 



no. 68809). 



n. 2 ad. sk. California. Purchased, 



o. Ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham 



[P.]. 



p. Ad. sk. Mexico ( IVhite). Sclater Coll. 



q, r. Ad. sk. Jalapa, S. Mexico (de Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



